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Sunset Models | 3rd Rail Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive

Sunset Models | 3rd Rail Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive

Trains.com Staff Writer Lucas Iverson reviews the highly-anticipated Sunset Models | 3rd Rail precise O...

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Lionel Trains LLC Audio Engineer Tracey Schroeder

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Lionel Trains LLC Audio Engineer Tracey Schroeder

Join Classic Toy Trains Editor Rene Schweitzer as she visits Lionel Trains, LLC headquarters and...

WalthersProto HO EMD GP7 diesel locomotive

WalthersProto HO EMD GP7 diesel locomotive

Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno takes a closer look at the WalthersProto HO scale...

MR Classroom | Freight Car Class: Lesson 2, Upgrading Kits for Better Operation

MR Classroom | Freight Car Class: Lesson 2, Upgrading Kits for Better Operation

Freight Car Class: Lesson 2, Upgrading Kits for Better Operation | In this lesson, David...

Olympia & Sand Creek, Episode 29 | Mixing and pouring resin

Olympia & Sand Creek, Episode 29 | Mixing and pouring resin

With the waterfall effects installed and cured, host David Popp is now ready to pour...

ScaleTrains HO scale BN GP39E

ScaleTrains HO scale BN GP39E

The ScaleTrains Electro-Motive Division GP39E HO scale (1:87.1) diesel locomotive is featured in this latest...

Sunset Models | 3rd Rail GE P42 & Siemens Charger O scale locomotives unboxed

Sunset Models | 3rd Rail GE P42 & Siemens Charger O scale locomotives unboxed

Trains.com Staff Writer Lucas Iverson and Classic Toy Trains' Editor Rene Schweitzer unbox an all-new,...

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | NMRA President Gordy Robinson at Trainfest 2025

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | NMRA President Gordy Robinson at Trainfest 2025

Model Railroader magazine's Editor Eric White catches up with National Model Railroad Association President Gordy...

Cody’s Office | November 2025

Cody’s Office | November 2025

This month's episode of Cody's Office is packed with three new products, a helpful modeling...

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 28 | Weathering effects for railroad bridges

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 28 | Weathering effects for railroad bridges

Time to distress some steel! Follow along as David demonstrate two essential bridge weathering techniques...

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 27 | Depot Platform Prep & Modeling a Hayfield

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 27 | Depot Platform Prep & Modeling a Hayfield

The guys focus on adding the depot platform and a farm field to theHO scale...

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 26 | Drybrushing & Static Grass Application

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 26 | Drybrushing & Static Grass Application

In this episode of the HO scale (1:87.1) East Troy Industrial Park project layout, Cody...

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Third & Townsend Models President Jay Escamilla

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Third & Townsend Models President Jay Escamilla

Trains.com sits down with Third & Townsend Models President Jay Escamilla on October 15, 2025,...

Athearn Genesis HO EMD FP45 diesel locomotive

Athearn Genesis HO EMD FP45 diesel locomotive

In this product review video, Model Railroader Senior Editor Cody Grivno examines the Athearn Genesis...

Trains.com Insider Exclusive  | Interview with Rich Foster and Bradley DeLeon of MTH Trains

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Interview with Rich Foster and Bradley DeLeon of MTH Trains

Hear about the future of MTH Electric Trains directly from company principals Rich Foster and...

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 25 | Setting a Scene & Working the Wall

East Troy Industrial Park, Ep. 25 | Setting a Scene & Working the Wall

Scenery is in full swing on the HO scale (1:87.1) East Troy Industrial Park project...

Bob Bartizek’s Pennsylvania & Western RR in O scale

Bob Bartizek’s Pennsylvania & Western RR in O scale

Tour the Pennsylvania & Western RR, Bob Bartizek's impressive O scale (1:48, 3-rail) model railroad...

Lionel Legacy 2-8-2 USRA Heavy Mikado steam locomotive

Lionel Legacy 2-8-2 USRA Heavy Mikado steam locomotive

Join Trains.com Staff Writer Lucas Iverson as he reviews the Lionel Legacy O gauge (1:48)...

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Lionel Service Repair Manager Savathdy My

Trains.com Insider Exclusive | Lionel Service Repair Manager Savathdy My

Join Classic Toy Trains Editor Rene Schweitzer and Service Repair Manager Savathdy My as they...

Olympia & Sand Creek, Episode 28 – part 2 | Adding authentic waterfalls

Olympia & Sand Creek, Episode 28 – part 2 | Adding authentic waterfalls

As the waterworks continue, David details his process for creating realistic waterfalls for the Olympia...